energy

Dr Chi Kong Chyong, Research Associate and Director of Energy Policy Research Group (EPRG) at Cambridge Judge Business School, comments on the US’s Russia sanctions and what impact these could have on energy security in Europe. “There is no single…

Michael Pollitt, Professor of Business Economics at Cambridge Judge Business School, comments on the UK’s energy strategy and why it’s difficult to have clean, green and low-carbon power. “It’s called the energy trilemma, because you can’t reconcile the three things…

Fossil fuels may still dominate the energy landscape but all the evidence is that their dirty, malodorous days are numbered.
With around half of global R&D in the sector now devoted to developing low carbon alternatives like solar and wind…

Britain can play the role of an innovative 'California' in addressing European energy policy issues post-Brexit, says Professor Michael Pollitt of Cambridge Judge Business School.
Brexit could lead to the UK playing the role of an inventive "California" within Europe…

Michael Pollitt, Professor of Business Economics at Cambridge Judge Business School, discusses how a 'hard exit' from EU emissions trading could damage global climate action: "If we are serious about being a global leader on climate, and if Europe is…

Leicester's commitment to a local energy policy shows it takes more than good intentions to get results, and that challenges lie ahead.
"Dilly ding, dilly dong," famously sang Claudio Ranieri, the Leicester City manager, as his football team became champions…

A recently published report “Smart power” suggests that the UK could save up to £8 billion a year by using electricity more efficiently through various measures. The report was supported by a recent study co-authored by Michael Pollitt, Professor of…

Clara Lejeune-Gaymard, has, she says, had enough of "French-bashing", the common complaint certain sections of the French population have against the rest of the world. But the woman the respected French business newspaper Libération dubs the "electric fairy" has also…

As Dr Simon Taylor prepares to lead a webinar on China's involvement in British nuclear power, what are the key questions you should be asking?
The agreement to begin work on new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point C was…

In his inaugural lecture, Michael Pollitt outlines the social limits to technology solutions to energy and climate problems.
Finding a "good" energy policy is devilishly difficult owing to the many social and logistical barriers to achieving the right solution, Professor…